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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1952
Page
2
Editorial urges residents to cast ballots in the Sterling Township High School board election on April 8. It notes the importance of voting, reminds youth to encourage parents to vote, and emphasizes voting as a civic privilege for citizens over 21.
A playful verse on jokes that hit home and love’s blindness. A boarding house explosion yields a pun about rumors and a scientist riffs on kissing as germs transfer. The speaker jokes about swapping microbes as a pleasant transaction.
A playful riddle where the cabbage is ahead the faucet runs and the tomato is catsup in a pun filled gag about racing produce.
A quirky high school notice lists items and requests including a boy to deliver fish that can ride the city, a blind man selling a house with a concrete dome, a library table with ebony legs, and a Parker 51 pen lost by a girl who filled it with red ink.
A fragmented collection of phrases includes a nursery rhyme about a sick boy, a line about a boy blue and a trapeze, a quip on laughing last, and a note labeling Bedbug as an undercover agent, suggesting a humorous or coded collage.
A collection of quirky notes features students and staff including Archibald and Pamela the turtles, Mrs Davis’s algebra class, and rumors about tests gum chewing and secret talents. The piece ends with an April Fool takedown.
A poem portrays a stern teacher who pushes students hard with homework and harsh orders. The speaker predicts eventual rebellion and enduring effects on future generations, noting the teacher's age and growing weariness.
The cafeteria staff keep a white kitchen running six to eight hours daily with five workers behind the scenes. Students praised for courtesy as meals and drinks offer variety and balance during noon activities.
A student submits a paper with the remark See Smiths paper for my answers written on it, signaling a request to copy or borrow responses from another student. The line indicates possible academic dishonesty or a placeholder note rather than a completed answer.
A historical line defines cannibal as one who loves his fellow men with gravy, reflecting a macabre joke or satire on appetite and humanity.
Sterling High students laud the custodian staff including five women and six men. Supervisors like Mrs. Beryn Jacobs praise the students while each worker, from Mrs. Pauline Hunter to Mr. Steve Milner, shares light, witty views and pride in keeping the school clean and orderly.
Brief dialogue shows a boy stating his name is Roebuck to a girl who asks if he is serious. The exchange centers on personal identity in a casual social moment.
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